High school football roundup for Friday, Sept. 24

Published 8:09 pm, Friday, September 23, 2011

Rankin 77

Meadow 30,

RANKIN -- In a match up of two state-ranked Six-Man teams Friday night, N0. 3 Rankin was able to remain undefeated with an impressive victory over No. 10 Meadow.

With a 40-12 lead going into halftime, the Red Devils were able to maintain their momentum in the second half. The game ended with just over six minutes to play in the fourth quarter, due to the mercy rule.

Rankin (5-0) displayed an impressive performance on the offensive side of the ball, gaining 218 yards on the ground and 148 yards through the air against the Meadow (3-2) defense. Rankin quarterback Cory Norwood rushed for 180 yards and five touchdowns on just nineteen carries. Norwood also threw for 148 yards and two touchdowns.

MEADOW 30, RANKIN 77

Meadow 6 6 18 0 --30

Rankin 24 16 31 6 --77

First Quarter

R -- Cory Norwood 55 run (Taylor Thompson kick); 9:06

M -- No. 34 65 run (kick failed), 8:42

R -- Aaron Castillo 28 run (Thompson kick), 6:14

R -- Ty Self 29 pass from Norwood (Thompson kick), :07

Second Quarter

R -- Tate Teague 1 run (Thompson kick), 5:34

R -- Taylor Thompson 35 pass from Norwood (Thompson kick), 2:55

M -- No. 10 17 run (kick failed), 1:50

Third Quarter

M -- No. 12 45 pass from #10 (kick failed), 6:53

R -- Norwood 40 run (Norwood pass from Thompson), 6:43

M -- No. 33 74 kick return (kick failed), 6:34

R -- Castillo 18 run (Thompson kick), 4:40

M -- No. 10 46 run (kick failed), 3:44

R -- Norwood 35 run (Thompson kick), 2:27

R -- Norwood 40 run (Thompson kick), :15

Fourth Quarter

R -- Norwood 45 run (no PAT), 6:10

MEA RAN

First Downs 9 13

Rushes-Yds. 21-176 26-218

Passing Yds. 116 148

Comp.-Att.-Int. 10-21-0 7-11-0

Punts-Avg. 1-50 0-0

Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0

Penalties-Yds. 6-45 1-10

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

RUSHING -- Rankin -- Cory Norwood 19-180.

PASSING -- Rankin -- Cory Norwood 7-11--148.

RECEIVING -- Rankin -- Tate Teague 2-51.

***

Monahans 49,

Clint Mtn. View 7

CLINT -- Monahans defeated Clint Mountain View in a lopsided 49-7 win Friday night as the Loboes were led the rushing duo of Byron Scharf and Pedro Cano.

Scharf rushed for a total of 157 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries. Pedro Cano added 100 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries.

AMARILLO -- Amarillo HIgh was able to overcome an early three-point Odessa High lead by outscoring the Bronchos 28-0 in the second and third quarters to secure a 35-17 win Friday night at Dick Bivins Stadium.

The Odessa High offense was able to put up solid numbers, rushing for 227 yards and passing for an additional 100, but Amarillo High's numbers were just as impressive. Sandies running back Cole Sanchez rushed for 120 yards on 14 carries while quarterback Gabe Rodriguez added 109 yards through the air for the Sandies' offense.

Amarillo High was able to improve to 3-2 on the year and will play host to Lubbock High on Oct. 6. The Bronchos fell to 1-4 and will face Abilene High at Ratliff Stadium on Oct. 7.

GRADY -- The Eagles jumped out to an early first-half lead and rolled to a 62-32 victory against Grady on Friday night at Tunnell Field.

The Eagles (4-1) scored 24 points in the first quarter and added 16 in the second to take a 40-14 halftime lead. During the scoring onslaught, Taylor Jackson ran for TDs of 58 and 53 yards, and threw two more touchdown passes.

Brett Seiffert led Grady with 90 yards rushing and had two scores while Michael Jimenez caught four passes for 112 yards and two touchdowns.

Grady (2-3) will take on Sterling City on the road next Friday.

ROPES 62, GRADY 32

Ropes 24 16 14 8 --62

Grady 6 8 6 12 --32

First Quarter

ROP -- Drake 33 fumble return (PAT good), 6:40

ROP -- Levi 12 pass from Jackson (PAT good), 2:09

GRA -- Michael Jimenez 60 pass from Glaze (kick failed), 1:59

ROP -- Levi 8 pass from Jackson (PAT good), :26

Second Quarter

ROP -- Jackson 58 run (PAT good), 9:24

ROP -- Jackson 53 run (PAT good), 3:46

GRA -- Seiffert 3 run (Uziel SanJuan kick), 2:38

Third Quarter

GRA -- Zeke Clay 2 run (kick failed), 8:58

ROP -- Smith 30 kickoff return (PAT good), 8:56

ROP -- Ruiz 35 pass from Jackson (kick failed), 5:24

Fourth Quarter

ROP -- Jackson 14 run (PAT good), 8:00

GRA -- SanJuan 2 run (kick failed), 3:44

GRA -- Jimenez 3 pass from Glaze (kick failed), :29

Individual Leaders

RUSHING -- Grady, Brett Seiffert 20-90.

PASSING -- Grady, Brett Glaze, 8-12-1-156.

RECEIVING -- Grady, Michael Jimenez 4-112

***

Fort Davis 124,

Trinity 108

Fort Davis outlasted Trinity in this offensive slugfest at Coombes Field on Friday night.

The teams combined for almost 1,400 yards and Trinity (2-3) led 74-70 at the half.

But Fort Davis outscored the Chargers 54-34 in the second half, including holding Trinity to just 12 points in the third quarter, to remain unbeaten at 4-0.

Alex Young had 318 yards rushing and six touchdowns for the Chargers, while teammate Thomas Schorr was 11 of 19 for 213 yards passing, five touchdowns and one interception.